PP107: Why Now’s the Time to Prepare for a Post-Quantum World (Sponsored)

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of preparing for a future where quantum computers can break modern encryption.

A cryptographically relevant quantum computer is, at some point, going to emerge that can crack modern encryption. But we don’t know when, so it’s tempting to set this problem aside. On today’s sponsored episode, we talk about why ignoring Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) isn’t an effective strategy. Sponsor Cisco is here to make the case for ... Read more »

People in this episode

Host: Packet Pushers

Topics covered

• quantum computing
• encryption
• cryptography
• Post-Quantum Cryptography
• technology
• security

Keywords

• quantum computer
• encryption
• Post-Quantum Cryptography
• security
• Cisco
• technology

Sponsors

Cisco

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Packet Pushers

Books & works: Post-Quantum Cryptography

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